Which is in China as some people know,

Maigrot, my Vicar Apostolic there,

Having a great qualm, issues a decree.

Alack, the converts use as God's name, not

Tien-chu but plain Tien or else mere Shang-ti,

As Jesuits please to fancy politic,

While, say Dominicans, it calls down fire,—

For Tien means heaven, and Shang-ti, supreme prince,

While Tien-chu means the lord of heaven: all cry,

"There is no business urgent for dispatch